Second Saddam official found in NZ

News.com AU ^ | May 03, 2005

[MarcL]

THE New Zealand Government was embarrassed today by the revelation a second alleged high-ranking official of Saddam Hussein's former Iraqi regime had found refuge in New Zealand.

[MarcL]

What is interesting is who issued the visas and where.

"Mr Aklhashali arrived in New Zealand just over a month ago on a UN passport, Mr Peters claimed. [...]

The Government said it would tighten up the issuing of visas overseas. Both Iraqi men were issued visas in New Zealand's Bangkok embassy."

A UN passport?

My post is here:

http://ussneverdock.blogspot.com/2005/05/iraq-nz-and-un-sheltering-saddam.html

[RandallFlagg]

NZ?
The same place that whines about our nuke aircraft carriers and such?

[Mind-numbed Robot]

The Government said it would tighten up the issuing of visas overseas. Both Iraqi men were issued visas in New Zealand's Bangkok embassy.

Sounds like they were trained by our State Department.

[mewzilla]

On a UN passport? The UN issues passports? Since when did the UN become a sovereign state?

[Americanexpat]

Oh yeah, our buddies in the UN.

Wonder what these guy's bank accounts look like, probably a lot lighter after gettin help from the UN.

[livius]

Yeah, I noticed that too. I had no idea that a "UN passport" even existed. And if it does, it shouldn't.

[wita]

The very same place that got rid of its air force IIRC.

[metesky]

In Parliament today Mr Peters accused the Government of "going after a wolf and producing a rabbit". He named Mr Aklhashali, saying he was a former Iraq minister for agriculture and agrarian reform and a former delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Food For Oil?

[anniegetyourgun]

You just gotta point out the obvious, eh?

[Luigi Vasellini]

Canada=America's parasite
New Zealand=Australias parasite

[metesky]

That's Captain Obvious to you, young lady!
;O)

[commonasdirt]

Put him on a plane to Iraq. He can be Saddams bunk buddy

[redgolum]

The UN considers itself the only real governing authority in the world. It doesn't surprise me that they have passports.

[NZerFromHK]

Sounds like they were trained by our State Department.

Unfortunately, by this country's standards your State Department would be considered conservative. We do live in such a culturally and politically leftist paradise, eh?